Rodrigo Reyes

Borders have defined Sansón’s life. There’s the physical and psychological border between Mexico and the US. And now, looking at a life behind bars, there’s the one that separates him from his loved ones. Since it is forbidden to film inside the jail, Reyes recreates Sansón’s life – with the help of his family – through letters and by casting an untrained actor to play his friend. The resulting film is a reflection on migration, the notion of family, what it means to see one’s life on film, and the harshness and injustice of the US prison system.

16세기의 한 정복자가 현대 멕시코에 발이 묶이게 되고, 499년 전 그와 같은 사람들로 인하여 식민화 된 멕시코에서 보통 사람들의 삶이 어떻게 생각지도 못한 방식으로 바뀌어 버렸는지에 대해 마주하게 된다.

16세기의 한 정복자가 현대 멕시코에 발이 묶이게 되고, 499년 전 그와 같은 사람들로 인하여 식민화 된 멕시코에서 보통 사람들의 삶이 어떻게 생각지도 못한 방식으로 바뀌어 버렸는지에 대해 마주하게 된다.

16세기의 한 정복자가 현대 멕시코에 발이 묶이게 되고, 499년 전 그와 같은 사람들로 인하여 식민화 된 멕시코에서 보통 사람들의 삶이 어떻게 생각지도 못한 방식으로 바뀌어 버렸는지에 대해 마주하게 된다.

The separation of families on the US/Mexico border is profoundly depicted as a young girl dreams of being reunited with her grandmother.

The separation of families on the US/Mexico border is profoundly depicted as a young girl dreams of being reunited with her grandmother.

The separation of families on the US/Mexico border is profoundly depicted as a young girl dreams of being reunited with her grandmother.

그들은 지역 주민이었고 건실한 근로자였으며 누군가의 이웃이고 가족이었다. 테네시주 작은 마을의 육류 가공 업체에서 벌어진 불법 이민자 기습 단속. 하루아침에 가족을, 친구를, 이웃을 잃은 사람들. 그들의 상실과 상처를 조명한다.

그들은 지역 주민이었고 건실한 근로자였으며 누군가의 이웃이고 가족이었다. 테네시주 작은 마을의 육류 가공 업체에서 벌어진 불법 이민자 기습 단속. 하루아침에 가족을, 친구를, 이웃을 잃은 사람들. 그들의 상실과 상처를 조명한다.

The story of an aging Mexican migrant who spent his entire life working in the California fields, separated from his family back home. A melancholy alcoholic, one morning he realizes life has rolled past him and he has nothing to show for it. Lupe embarks on existential journey, trying to come to terms with his choices and reconnect with what he left behind.

The story of an aging Mexican migrant who spent his entire life working in the California fields, separated from his family back home. A melancholy alcoholic, one morning he realizes life has rolled past him and he has nothing to show for it. Lupe embarks on existential journey, trying to come to terms with his choices and reconnect with what he left behind.

A deeply human portrait of the chaotic reality of the US - Mexico border. Full of stunnig images and crafted like a classic city-symphony where the sum of the pieces add up to a larger whole, Purgatorio, a Journey Into the Heart of the Border brings together a universe of small stories to create a compelling and visceral cinematic experience that takes audiences into the very soul of life on the border.

A deeply human portrait of the chaotic reality of the US - Mexico border. Full of stunnig images and crafted like a classic city-symphony where the sum of the pieces add up to a larger whole, Purgatorio, a Journey Into the Heart of the Border brings together a universe of small stories to create a compelling and visceral cinematic experience that takes audiences into the very soul of life on the border.

A deeply human portrait of the chaotic reality of the US - Mexico border. Full of stunnig images and crafted like a classic city-symphony where the sum of the pieces add up to a larger whole, Purgatorio, a Journey Into the Heart of the Border brings together a universe of small stories to create a compelling and visceral cinematic experience that takes audiences into the very soul of life on the border.

A woman writes increasingly passionate love letters without answer. Her passion and frustration are interwoven with a sense of impending doom, a vision of the coming Mexican apocalypse. A single personal tragedy mirrors the struggle of an entire country trying, in the midst of increasing chaos, to find itself. Shot during months on the backroads of Mexico, director Rodrigo Reyes has crafted an idiosyncratic and visceral x-ray of his homeland.

A short story of a man who accidentally loses his cellphone and is found by a person that will not return it and is unaware of the damage he could cause.

Laya is a young professional photographer who has drifted away from her family. Her father has fallen ill, but she hasn’t once come to visit him at the hospital. Her mother, who left their family when Laya was a child, returns to urge Laya to make amends with her father, but Laya’s pain goes deeper than her mother suspects. Laya is sent to the provinces to document a ritual of a disappearing indigenous tribe, and there, she inadvertently comes face to face with her own demons as she observes the relationships of the last remaining members of this dying culture.